Brisbane Night Noodle Markets, QLD, Australia

After three years of living in Brisbane, QLD I finally made it to the Night Noodle Markets! I invited a couple of friends along (Julie and Bruce) and I was accompanied by my husband Philip. We met up at the South Bank Cultural Forecourt by the  Brisbane Wheel.



There were thirty (30) or more stalls with food from all over Asia. The name Night Noodle Markets is rather misleading as most of the stalls didn't even sell noodles. The most popular food stall was the Hoy Pinoy Filipino BBQ skewers. They sold both a pork belly skewer and a marinated chicken skewer. The smell from the meat on the BBQ was amazing! There was a long line of people waiting to buy some so I waited until later to get some.





My first purchase was from Zagyoza which is the 'house of gyoza'. They have a restaurant located in Brisbane's West End where they have 16 varieties of gyozas which are dumplings, also known as 'pot stickers' in the US and Jiaozi in China. I decided upon four chicken teriyaki gyoza and an 'ocean catch' gyoza which had prawn inside. I shared them with my companions and the teriyaki were popular but the 'ocean catch' variety were a little too spicy for Julie and Bruce.

8 for $12.50  with two flavours available





Next purchase was from Rogue Spice Canteen - a twice cooked chilli caramel duck with sour apple salad ($15). I loved the duck but I didn't taste any chilli on the duck itself. There was some in the salad, however and I enjoyed the salad immensely. I've never had an apple salad before but I fell in love with it at the first taste. Apple,coriander, chilli and tangy asian dressing.

Julie bought a Mango Curry from Shallot Thai to share with her husband which was very mild curry with an amazing flavour. It was so good she went back for another one for her. The light was poor so I didn't get a photo. Sorry.

As Julie and I passed by the Mini Pancake stall we sampled the caramel flavoured pancakes and they tasted amazing! I meant to go back and get some later but time got away from me. It was so much fun going up and down the lines of stalls, the smells and sounds of food cooking. Heaven!

The amazing smell of the  Hoy Pinoy skewers cooking on the BBQ drafted down to me as I was having a second look at some of the stalls. The line was still long but I decided it was worth it if they tasted as half as good as they smelled.

This was the sight:



A screen capture (below) from my Periscope video broadcast on the night. Periscope is cool! It's a twitter app so you sign in using your twitter account. You click a button and record what you can see (from either front or back camera) and chat with people who comment on your video and give hearts if they like what they see. The quality of screen captures isn't very good, unfortunately.

I bought two pork belly skewers and two marinated chicken skewers. I took them back to the table and shared them with hubby, Julie and Bruce. The pork belly was my favourite. It was delicious! Sticky and sweet and juicy. Well worth the wait in line!

Below are some of the other stalls that I visited but didn't buy anything. I was very full and sated with my purchases.

Shallot Thai



Sandok Garpu - Indonesian Food


New Shanghai






Mrs Luu's Vietnamese Canteen

  Bao Time

 
Tepanyaki Noodles

Sake Restaurant

Cultural Forecourt, South Bank







Night Noodle Markets, Brisbane 

WHERE: Cultural Forecourt, South Bank
COST: Free entry
WHEN: Wednesday July 22 – Sunday August 2

OPENING TIMES: 

Monday 5pm-9pm
Tuesday 5pm-9pm
Wednesday 5pm - 9pm
Thursday 5pm - 10pm
Friday 4pm - 10pm
Saturday 2pm - 10pm
Sunday 2pm - 8pm

View all the mouth-watering menu items at goodfoodmonth.com/menu

NEW! Night Noodle Markets will now be cashless, with all drinks and food available using your credit, or debit card.Transport: South Brisbane train station nearby
http://brisbane.goodfoodmonth.com/noodles

Cloves Sri Lankan Restaurant - Curry Crab, Curry Goat, Green Tea, Ginger Tea, Tiramisu, Pod Chocolates - Cleveland Brisbane Australia

On Tuesday I spotted a new restaurant in Middle Street, Cleveland when picking up my takeaway from the Little Indian Palace. I took this photo of Cloves Sri Lankan Restaurant and vowed to come back soon and sample the Sri Lankan Cuisine. I did some research and found their website which had a photo of a crab cooked in curry. Yumm. I rang up on Friday night and made a booking and my husband and I made our way to the restaurant on a brisk Autumn night. 

The restaurant is small but cosy and we were seated quickly. The specials for the night were Crab curry ($18) and Goat curry ($18) and we decide they sound great. I'm a huge seafood fan, especially crab. Goat is something we don't eat very often but will order when it is on the menu. 

I took some photos of the interiors whilst we wait for our meals. I love the painting on the far wall. My photo doesn't do it justice. A nice agricultural scene with golden lighting. Very pleasant. 

The restaurant is full and the patrons chat happily. The smells coming from the kitchen are amazing. It is making us hungry and we are very happy when our meals arrive. First to reach our table is the crab in curry sauce with tomato and cucumber ($18)

The aroma is strong of Sri Lankan Curry and I am so excited to break into the sweet flesh of the crab that I tear off one of the legs before Phil's curry goat arrives. I put it back in place to take a photo of the two meals together, along with the red rice we ordered to go with it. I then break apart the legs and claws to discover the sweet meat and become very messy with curry sauce covering my fingers but so happy all the while. The curry adds to the clean seafood flavours and I really enjoyed the merging of flavours.

The goat curry is very dark and tastes amazing. It is very strong in flavour and goes well with the red rice. If I was at home I would accompany with some greek yoghurt or sour cream. The goat meat was very tender and tasty.

The red rice is supposed to be healthy and it was very nice. I would definitely order it again.

The restaurant isn't licensed so we ordered some teas. A lemon and ginger tea in the red teapot and a green tea in the black teapot. Both went well with our meals and cleansed the palate.

As I finish the tea I spy the Tiramisu desserts in the second dessert cabinet and decide that I just had to try one It has been a while since I have had Tiramisu and I wasn't disappointed. 

The hard chocolate outer crumbled away to reveal the layers of sponge, coffee liqueur, and mascarpone. Delicious! Every bite is heavenly. A lovely end to the meal.

As I was waiting to pay for our meals I can't help but peruse the POD chocolate display cabinet.
 

Intense Caramilla

Cointreau - Dark Chocolate ganache infused with orange liqueur

Tiamo - Flavour of Wild Strawberries

Cappuccino

After a while I choose a Granny Smith chocolate with apple liqueur,  and a Cappuccino chocolate, to take home. 

Altogether the bill comes to $56 and I pay happily. We are very sated and make our way home after thanking the owner. I later tried half of the Granny Smith chocolate and couldn't really taste the apple liqueur but then again I only had half. The Cappuccino chocolate was very nice. I will definitely be back. 

Cloves Sri Lankan Restaurant 

Shop 7, 18-24 Middle St,

Cleveland, Brisbane QLD 4163
Phone: (07) 3488 2417

https://www.facebook.com/clovesrestaurant?fref=ts

http://www.cloves.restaurant